UTAR girl wears graduation robe at mum’s funeral


Bittersweet memories: Xu posing with her father and brother while wearing her gradution robe during her mother’s funeral.

Compiled by C. Aruno and Zakiah Koya 

A UTAR undergraduate donned her graduation robes 33 days before her convocation ceremony during her mother’s funeral in a bid to fulfil one of her mother’s final wishes, reported China Press.

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